[AxelPaulsenJr]

I wish I had checked 3g coverage before I got our AT&T I-Phone. Not good! Verizon much better!

[CougarGA7]

Off to the Island for Mistfit Toys with you!

[Spktyr]

One problem that Verizon won’t tell you - in most places, VZ’s ‘3G’ is actually slower than AT&T’s ‘2G’ service.

[rwfromkansas]

That’s the whole point of the Verizon ads attacking AT&T and pointing out the comparison of 3G coverage.

Verizon is tons better and covers many areas AT&T does not, particularly rural areas or small towns that AT&T just leaves out to dry.

If you drive in the middle of nowhere, the only place to get service often is with Verizon.

AT&T is getting better and gradually improving their map, and if I were to move back to Kansas I would be more likely to have 3G coverage everywhere I am most likely to go.

However, if I took the off-beaten path, Verizon (because of the Alltel network) would likely give me 3G even in areas where AT&T’s didn’t.

Thus, the scales are still tipped in Verizon’s favor I think.

And in all of this, the VERY BEST AT&T can do is point out a map in an ad showing generic “coverage” by AT&T.

This “coverage” is NOT just 3G but basically any kind of signal whatsoever.

AT&T is extremely misleading in their own ads here because people have seen the Verizon ads and assume AT&T is claiming 3G in all those areas. AT&T should sue themselves instead of Verizon.

Regardless, they will lose the court battle over the Verizon ads.

[Swordmaker]

I wish I had checked 3g coverage before I got our AT&T I-Phone. Not good! Verizon much better!

The AT&T 3G is twice as fast as Verizon's 3G and AT&Ts 2.5G which kicks in when the 3G is not available covers almost as much area and is faster than Verizon's slowest acceptable 3G speed.

AT&T DATA COVERAGE
(includes 3G and 2.5G)


VERIZON DATA COVERAGE
(includes some Partner roaming)

Exactly two years ago, I travelled across the southern US from Southern Indiana through Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and up the Central Valley of California to Stockton and had only five minutes of no signal from AT&T on my iPhone. Even in areas, where the coverage map above shows there should be no coverage, I had at least one bar and got coverage. The five minutes of no coverage occurred when I was at the extreme western border area of New Mexico on Interstate 40. That was all 2.5G EDGE all the way and it loaded web pages at about four to five times faster than dial-up speeds. Although not as fast as 3G, still very useable.

I find it very revealing that almost every time someone makes these somewhat disparaging comparison remarks, they spell the name of Apple's phone with a hyphen: "I-phone"—as you just did. Most iPhone owners would not make that mistake. Nor would they be too worried about the lack of 3G coverage because the iPhone seamlessly switches between 3G, EDGE, or WIFI as needed without the user even noticing...

[wyowolf]

I couldn't agree more. I recently took a trip driving from Atlanta to Wyoming, 3G coverage was HORRIBLE, I bet 90 percent of my drive was EDGE or worse!! I wanted to go with Verizon but they didn't have the phone I wanted, BB Bold which I love! And thank god its Wi-Fi capable, with ATT you need it! If you don't live right around a major city forget it...